Historically, engineers supported domes with iron chains, but there's an easier way to build a dome this tall today. When the dome above St. Peter's Basilica in Rome began to crack under its own ...

The Pantheon’s concrete dome is nearly 2,000 years old. It has no steel reinforcement and no modern additives. Yet it still stands.

A newly discovered construction site in Pompeii proves out a theory of why Roman concrete has stood the test of time. The hot-mixing process of concrete creation found in the ancient city was the ...

Less permanent options, such as dome tents and glamping domes, can sit directly on even ground and are a low-cost geodesic dome home option. “Our glamping domes use a traditional geodesic design with ...

One of the largest domes in the world, the Pantheon, is made of concrete. You saved a lot of money building this dome with concrete. But remember: concrete is very heavy. About halfway down the curve ...